Mangalajodi

Mangalajodi is an olden village under Tangi block in Khordha district of Odisha at the northern edge of Chilika Lake.

[citation needed] Amongst the birds seen here Lesser Whistling-Duck, Garganey, Ruddy Shelduck, Little Grebe, Northern Shoveler, Knob-billed Duck, Gadwall, Indian Spot-billed Duck, Asian Palm-Swift, Ruddy-breasted Crake, Gray-headed Swamphen, Watercock, Baillon's Crake, Pheasant-tailed Jacana, Bronze-winged Jacana are worth mention.

Beside those birds Slaty-breasted Rail, Pacific Golden-Plover, Greater Painted-Snipe, Black-tailed Godwit, Ruff, Common Snipe, Collared Pratincole, Oriental Pratincole, Brown-headed Gull, Whiskered Tern, Little Cormorant, Yellow Bittern, Purple Heron, Cattle Egret, Osprey, White-throated Kingfisher, Pied Kingfisher, Citrine Wagtail are also seen here.

Danda Yatra is one of the oldest, celebrated in the month of Chaitra, performed by the villagers in an amazing way for imparting Indian culture and social-upliftment.

A literary digital magazine, Banamallira Mahak,[4] based upon Odia literature and culture has been published in Mangalajodi.

Banamallira Mahak is a non-profit digital web magazine, whose aim is to store and promote Odia literature worldwide.

Society for education employment and empowerment was an institution has set-up by the Mr Sumanta Behera in village and an initiative supporters are Bakul Foundation, Satyanagar-16,Bhubaneswar-2)Utkal University, OUAT, Odisha, Ananda Agriculture University, IIMA and XIMB Alumnus and all calm as it was working for education, open library facilities and conduct awareness campaign to Bird poachers for protecting Birds of chillika lake.